Chamarajanagar, Jan. 22 -- With growing incidents of people being killed in tiger attacks still haunting the public in the rural areas, a case of a pilgrim on padayatra to MM Hills being killed in leopard attack has been reported near Taalu Betta at foot of Male Mahadeshwara (MM) Hills yesterday morning.

The deceased has been identified as Praveen (30), a native of Cheeranahalli in Mandya.

Praveen and his friends were heading towards MM Hills on foot when a leopard suddenly pounced on Praveen near Rangaswamy Vaddu and dragged him into the forest. Though his friends tried to save him, their efforts yielded no results.

Shocked over the incident, Praveen's friends immediately informed MM Hills Police who rushed to the spot and conducted s...